https://www.rgs.org/about-us/our-work/latest-news/esmond-b-martin-royal-geographical-prize-winners-for-2025-announced
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Dr Iain Douglas-Hamilton has dedicated nearly six decades to elephant conservation and his pioneering 1972 doctoral thesis on elephant social dynamics and movements shaped contemporary understanding of elephant societies and informed conservation strategies across Africa. As the founder of Save the Elephants in 1993, Iain revolutionised elephant conservation with the use of GPS tracking technology, which provided critical data to combat poaching, habitat loss, and human-wildlife conflict..."
